EVIDENCE-BASEDPOLICY MAKING IN GUIDANCE
The Greek Case
By
Stamatis PaleocrassasCouncilor Emeritus
Pedagogical Institute
TRANSITIONS
Compulsory education dropouts From compulsory education
to General or Vocational Lyceum From Lyceum to work From IEK, TEI or university to work From unemployment to work
TRANSITION OBSERVATORY(Pedagogical Institute)
School dropout studies (periodic) Transition studies Graduate surveys (periodic) Labour market monitoring Ad Hoc studies
DROPOUTS Periodic national surveys (Gymnasium):
-From 23% (1982) to 6% (2001)-Geographical variation: 2.7-9.6%-Lower social strata-School failure
General Lyeum: 3% Vocational Lyceum: 20% Upper secondary total: 14% (EU target: 10%)
GYMNASIUM TRANSITION
Longitudinal study (education choices)– Choice during last lower secondary school
grade (sample 6000 students)– Choice 3 years later (results pending)
Career Education
- Curriculum
- Information materials
Interactive Information (pilot)
LYCEUM TRANSITION
Longitudinal graduate survey
-11.500 VL* seniors, 3.000 GL* seniors
-educational or occupational state 4 years
later (results pending) Labour market monitoring for relevance of VL
curricula (correspondents)
____________________*VL = Vocational Lyceum
GL = General Lyceum
IEK-TO-WORK TRANSITION
Tri-partite certification Interlinking Offices Practical training (only some specializations) Entrepreneurship
TEI-TO-WORK TRANSITION
Interlinking Offices-link with L.M.
-information diffusion (electronic, print)-promoting entrepreneurship-organizing practical training-supervising entrepreneurship case studies-career days (old graduates speakers)
Practical training (one semester) Entrepreneurship case studies
UNIVERSITY-TO-WORKTRANSITION
Interlinking Offices -link with L.M. (Only professional Schools)
-information diffusion (electronic, print)-graduate surveys (some schools)-promoting entrepreneurship (engg., business)-organizing practical training (engg., business)
Practical Training (only engg., business) Entrepreneurship case studies (only….)
UNEMPLOYMENT-TO-WORKTRANSITION
OAED (Manpower Employment Org.)-training (KEKs)
-retraining unemployed (KEKs)
-CPEs (Centers for the Promotion of
Employment): Links to local labour market
EMPLOYMENT OBSERVATORY-Occupational and skills demand surveys
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